Here is our interview with Jerry Willbur that originally appeared in the July issue of Mentoring & Coaching Monthly. Jerry Willbur will be holding a Plenary Session as well as a Pre-Conference Workshop at the 2014 Mentoring Conference at UNM.

Dr. Willbur holds a Doctorate in Human Resource Development and has over twenty years of senior executive experience in organizational effectiveness, operations, sales, business training, human resources and strategic planning. He is currently Director Vice President Emeritus for the IMA and head of The Leadership Mentoring Institute. Over the years Dr. Willbur has written three books on leadership and mentoring published by major universities and several articles published in ASTD Journal, Dental Economics, and several mentoring publications.

In our last post we established that e-mentoring can be a great way to bring mentoring to a wider audience. But does e-mentoring come with any disadvantages? In this post we list a few possible e-mentoring challenges that you should be aware of!

E-mentoring has become much more prevalent over the past few years, and for good reason. E-mentoring makes sense in our technology filled world, due to its accesibility and convenience. In this post we have listed some of the best reasons for e-mentoring.

In continuing with our leadership theme, today we have a post containing a few potential pitfalls for leaders. Also if you haven't yet, check out two of our learlier posts with tips for better leadership.

Fathers play a critical role in the development and well being of their children. Unfortunately, an increasing number of children live in fatherless households. (This post orignally appeared in the June issue of our Newsletter)

As a mentor, being a positive influence on others is critical. Mentees view a mentors behavior as an example of how to act, so it's important that mentors try to be good role models. In this post we have compiled a few tips for how be a positive influence on others.